Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: LAPIC: Reset TMCCT during vCPU reset
From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Wed Jun 09 2021 - 03:19:33 EST
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 13:52, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 09/06/21 04:15, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 00:27, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > [...]
> >> Perhaps instead set TMCCT to 0 in kvm_apic_set_state, instead of keeping
> >> the value that was filled in by KVM_GET_LAPIC?
> >
> > Keeping the value that was filled in by KVM_GET_LAPIC is introduced by
> > commit 24647e0a39b6 (KVM: x86: Return updated timer current count
> > register from KVM_GET_LAPIC), could you elaborate more? :)
>
> KVM_GET_LAPIC stores the current value of TMCCT and KVM_SET_LAPIC's
> memcpy stores it in vcpu->arch.apic->regs. KVM_SET_LAPIC perhaps could
> store zero in vcpu->arch.apic->regs after it uses it, and then the
> stored value would always be zero.
Just do it in a new version, thanks. :)
Wanpeng